Necktie-smoothing device.



E. B. SCARBOROUGH.

NECKTIE SMOOTHING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FlLED NOV. 13, 1915.

1,179,226, Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

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EMILY B. SCARBOROUGH, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

NECKTIE-SMOOTHING DEVICE.

1 '0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EMLLY B. SCARBOR- oron, a citizen of the United States. residing at New Britain. in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Smoothing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in necktie smoothing devices and manner of use of the same, and the object of my improvement is to provide a device that is suitable for smoothing out the wrinkles, in neckties, being particularly adapted for use for ties of tubular form, and for smoothing the part thereof that becomes wrinkled in tying the knot, and to produce a device for the purpose mentioned that is operated in a simple manner, and elliciently, with a mininnun of attention on the part of the user, and which is especially adapted for individual use, both by travelers and at home.

In the accompanying drawing z Figure 1 is a front elevation of a necktie, and my improved necktie smoothing device, the latter being shown in its proper place in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a similar view, on an enlarged scale, of part of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device, the necktie being indicated by broken lines. Fig. 4 is a sectional viewon the line .1 m of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of another form of my necktie smoothing device, adapted for use with a necktie having less tapered form for the exposed portion, the necktie being indicated by broken lines. Fig. (3 is a similar view of another form of my device, adapted for use with a tie havinga non- Fig. 7 is a view on the same scale as Fig. 1, showing the device shown in Fig. (i partly entered within a tie.

My improved necktie smoothing device consists of a unitary structure having a body portion 10 that fits the interior of the portion 11 of the necktie 12 that it is desired to smoothen, the said portion 11 being the part that becomes wrinkled in tying the knot.

The necktie 12 shown in Fig. 1 is of the form in common use, usually called fourin-hand. comprising a relatively narrow portion 13 at the middle and extending to one side of the middle, shown at the left in Fig. 1, which serves as the neekband portion and the running portion in extension of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 13, 1915.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

Serial No. 61,409.

said neckband portion, and having enlarged flaring ends, comprising the enlargement 1-1 at the outer end of the running portion, of suitable length and width to serve as a finish for the particular end of the tie. At the end of the band and running portion 13 remote from the running end 14 is an enlarged portion designated generally by the character 15 that constitutes the body portion of the tie. The tie structure is tubular in form and the enlarged portions 14 and 15 have tapered side Walls. The body portion 15 comprises the junction portion 16 at one end where the same merges with the band portion 13, the end portion 17 at the free end, and the intermediate portion 18 intermediate the said junction portion 16 and end portion 17. The intermediate portion 18 and the free end portion 17 are the parts of the body portion that are exposed when in use, the free end portion 17 hanging generally freely, and the intermediate portion 18 being the part that is wound around the running portion 13 in forming the knot. Thus it will be noted that the intermediate portion 18 is the part that is twisted and wrinkled in use and my invention is adapted to remove the wrinkles that are formed therein under normal conditions of use. For effecting this result, the device is made to fit within the interior of the said intermediate portion as shown. The said device comprises a tapered nose 19 at one end which facilitates entering the device within the tie, has a handle 20 at the other end, and intermediate the said ends has a body portion 21 that fits snugly within the particular portion 18 of the tie whichit is desired to smoothen out. For the particular style tie shown in Fig. 1 I provide tapered or converging edges 22 for the said body portion 21, and a rounded periphery for the front face 23, as shown, to bear against the front face portion of the tie 12. The rear portion between the edges 22 may be solid and plane, or hollow as'shown at 21, the edges being in a common plane.

In use the device is inserted within the tie and in bringing to the final position an appreciable pressure is applied. The tapered form of the edges 22 facilitates the application of such pressure with a small pressure applied to the handle 20. After the device has been inserted in the tie in the manner described the same is left undis turbed for a considerable period, maybe over night, and the wrinkles will be removed without further manipulation. I find it desirable, however, in order to obtain a positive result, to use moisture, the same being applied to the front or operating face 23 of the device before being inserted in the tie. The moisture is applied in any proper manner, as by the use of a wet towel. A moderately wet surface will answer, it being unnecessary to use excess of moisture, such as to soak the tie, or to have moisture appear on the front face of the tie. For the purpose of facilitating the application of the moisture I prefer that the front face of the body portion be unpolished for the greater porti'on,asshownat25. Theedge portions 22 however should be smoothso as not to interfere with the free insertion of the device within the tie;

The device shown in Fig. 5 differs from that shown in Fig. 1 in having appreciably less taper for the edges 22 of the body portion 21".

The device shown in Figs. 6 and 7 has parallel edges 22" for the body portion 21 and is adapted for use with a tie 12 that also has parallel Walls, being a non-tapering form of structure. In this style of tie and device the said device is made a fairly tight fit for-the tie, so that the same can be inserted within the tie by a slight stretching of the tie. The tapered end 19 facilitates the insertion of the device.

In any of the forms of smoothing device described the smoothing of the particular portion of the tie is effected by having the device such a fit for the particular part of the tie to be operated upon that a slight stretching of the material of the tie is effected by placing the device in position, and such smoothing is facilitated by the use of a thin layer of moisture between the operloid, rubber, metal or other suitable material, such as papier mach, or fiber.

I claim as my invention 1. A smoothing device for neckties comprising a unitary structure having a body portion and a handle at one end thereof, the said body portion having lateral edges in one plane and a front face portion connecting the said edges of rounded form, and the said body portion being of suitable size and form to fit within an appreciable part of the exposed portion of a necktie.

2. A smoothing device for neckties suitable for being inserted within a portion of a necktie of tubular form and having tapered walls, comprising a body portion fitting within the said necktie, having the lateral edges in one plane, and converging corresponding to the taper of the said walls, and a rounded form on the front face between the said' edges suitably for fitting against the front face portion of the said necktie. 1

3. A smoothing device for a necktie of tubular form, comprising a unitary structure i having a body portion suitable for being inserted within the said necktie and filling an appreciable portion thereof, and having a rounded surface on one face, the lateral edge portions of the said body portion being smooth, and a part of the said rounded surface being relatively rough, suitably to retain moisture.

EMILY B. SCARBOROUGH. Witnesses:

-R. IV. EDWARDS, MARY E. PEASE. 

